Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Lofty lace

Thank you for the comments on the owl hat. It's almost finished, and I'm going to see if Miss Pee will model it for the pattern.

As I mentioned, on the weekend, I got the back of the Empire Line Cardigan off the needles

I was unsure about blocking. The pattern calls for just a light pressing, but my yarn is different what the pattern calls for. While it's mostly merino and cashmere, 33 percent of it is microfibre. And man made fibres don't always block well.

But I stretched it out on the blocking board and it seemed to do okay. As you can see, the top halfdoesn't have as much lace as the bottom. That's something I didn't realize when I started the pattern. I'm not really sure how I feel about it... but I followed the pattern as written because I couldn't think of a decent way to modify it and keep the extra lace. The hard line it create will be broken up with a decorative ribbon, so it probably won't be as noticeable.